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The EWM Award is presented to Kai Treutler Kai Treutler is pleased to accept the EWM Award and prize money of 30,000 euros from Prof. Dr. Steffen Keitel, Director of SLV Halle GmbH (far left), DVS President Prof. Dr. Heinrich Flegel (far right) and Susanne Szczesny-Oßing, President of the EWM AG Supervisory Board. Photo: DVS/Bischof & Broel
EWM AWARD GOES TO KAI TREUTLER
Kai Treutler has won this year’s “Physics of Welding” EWM Award, which carries prize money of 30,000 euros. The research advancement prize from Germany’s largest manufacturer of arc welding technology was presented at the DVS EXPO in Nuremberg. Sponsored by EWM AG and awarded this year for the fourth time in conjunction with the German Welding Society DVS, the prize helps young scientists turn their welding vision into reality. Through this year’s award, EWM will help the winner carry out his research work on “Influencing arc stability using thin-film coated wire electrodes”.
In his research work, Kai Treutler, a scientific assistant at the Institute of Welding and Machining at Clausthal University of Technology, focuses on
characterising arc influences through coated solid wire electrodes. He is planning to develop an arc-stabilising coating system that does not affect mechanical or technological properties. While the positive influence of the arc through, for example, stick and flux cored wire electrodes is well-known, such a concept for solid wire electrodes has been almost totally lacking up to now.
With his research work, the winner of the EWM Award plans to harness arc-influencing effects achieved with thin-film coatings made from metallic and ceramic materials of various compositions and utilise them for solid wire electrodes. His initial investigations have revealed that coatings of 2 to 15 micrometres can have a significant impact on the mechanical properties of the weld metal and penetration characteristics. l
EWM Award for fresh ideas in welding process research With the presentation of the fourth EWM Award, Germany’s leading manufacturer of arc welding technology and the DVS welding industry association are supporting young, up-and-coming scientists. Photo: EWM AG
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